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- Title
HEBREW AS A POLITICAL INSTRUMENT: LANGUAGE-PLANNING BY THE 'CANAANITES'.
- Authors
VATER, ROMAN
- Abstract
This article analyses the reforms to the Hebrew language promulgated by a dissident Israeli anti-Zionist movement known as the 'Canaanites'. Language-planning by the 'Canaanites' included the coining of neologisms to substitute for foreign loanwords in Hebrew and the replacement of the Hebrew script with an amended version of the Latin alphabet. In the sphere of language-planning the 'Canaanites' displayed a dialectical mix of linguistic purism and a radically innovative approach. By exploring this aspect of 'Canaanite' activity, the article demonstrates that the debate over language in Israel reflects a much larger debate over the nature of the Israeli national community.
- Subjects
HEBREW language; LANGUAGE planning; LINGUISTICS; NEW words; ALPHABET
- Publication
Journal of Semitic Studies, 2017, Vol 62, Issue 2, p485
- ISSN
0022-4480
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jss/fgx028